Harold Shapiro's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions Win32 Console Application template linker error

  Hi, I followed the setup instructions for Visual C++ Express I installed the R2 windows server sdk I tried to build the Win32 Console Application template but I get ------ Build started: Project: Win32testapp, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------ Linking... Win32testapp.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol @_RTC_CheckStackVars@8 referenced in function _wWinMain@16 Win32testapp.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __RTC_CheckEsp referenced in function _wWinMain@16 Win32testapp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __RTC_Shutdown Win32testapp.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbo ...Show All

• SQL Server is this possible in SSIS?

  I got a OLE DB source pointing to 1 table and 1 flat file destination. currently this is how i export data from 1 table to 1 flat file. To make things easier, I was wondering whether i can have only 1 OLE DB source pointing to few tables pointing to few file destinations so I dun need to create 1 SIS project for each table data exporting. anyone can help me Unfortunately not because the metadata i.e. the columns involved in the transform need to be the same. So you can't have 1 data flow in a loop that is reconfigured for different tables and destinations. If the source is SQ ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Starting an animation from code behind

  I got the following animation running when my window has loaded: <Window.Triggers> <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Window.Loaded"> <EventTrigger.Actions> <BeginStoryboard> <Storyboard> <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="pnlMessage" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Canvas.Left)" From="-148" To="6" Duration="0:0:0.5" /> </Storyboard> </BeginStoryboard> </EventTrigger.Actions> </EventTrigger> </Window.Triggers> But the thing is I don't really want it to run the animation any particular event, I ...Show All

• SQL Server Installation of Reporting Services on W2K3 Web Edition

  Hi, The SQL 2K5 setup identifies the O/S of W2K3 Web edition as unsupported for installation (Fair enough), and hence only offers the workstation components. However - All I would like to install, are the Reporting Services components on the Web Edition server (connecting back to our DB server). While I acknowledge that MS states SQL2K5 is not supported on Web Edition - surely the Reporting Services could be treated separately from this - It is after all a web service, and one which many would like to run on a web server So - how can I do this (if at all) Regards Steve. Sorted it!! ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Does TFS send alerts/notifications? if so, when?

  Hi folks, we're looking at using TFS and have been impressed so far. The only team which have serious reservations is the team lead from our service centre. These guys report all bugs and possible QOS issues (eg. typo on welcome page, Fee report is crashing, etc). The first big upset is that TFS has no web access to work items :( So even though the company will have to spend big money on a TFS license (and some $$$ on hardware) we now have no choice but to get Teamplain's web access to TFS also. Money aside, the service desk need to be notififed/alerted for certain scenario's. Eg. if a work item is Rank 1 then they (who is they th ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System team build question

  do i need to install team developer, team tester to get unit test and code coverage with latest team build. I know before i need to install those two in the build machine to get code analyzer, unit test, loadtest, manual test and code coverage. ...Show All

• .NET Development Append text to textbox without scrolling

  How can I append text to a textbox without scrolling and maintaining the current caret position AppendText() always scrolls to the bottom, and setting the Text property scrolls to the top. Yes, unfortunately the .NET TextBox control doesn't work quite the way we'd like. You could probably hack together a solution that uses SelectionStart/SelectionLength to reselect the appropriate text after the append but then you'll need to worry about getting the selection back into focus. Keep in mind that the .NET version doesn't provide any way to determine the first visible character in the text box which is what you'd need to ensure that the box ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to change the position of the Currency Manager

  Now my currency manager is tied to  Row Num 3 and column no 4 of the datagrid At this situation I want to change the currency manager to Row Num 3 and column no 1 COuld you please let me know how to do it Thanks Check out this sample http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp txtCodeId=2225&lngWId=10 ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies WDS3 indexing problem

  Hello! I upgraded my working WDS2 to 3 as Outlook 2007 asks me about it. I left my laptop at office for a night but at next morning nothing was found via WDS3. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\GatherLogs\SystemIndex contains 2Mb gatherer log. When I tried to start Indexing Snap-In I received Snap-In Creation Failed, so I tried to reinstall Indexing Service from Add/Remove Windows Component. Installation Wizard completed succeffully, but status of Indexing Service component is Not Installed anyway. In logs I've got: Event Type: Error Event Source: Window ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Checking for Additions to a .dbf File

  All, I am wanting to build an interface of sorts for a phone messaging application.  The app writes call entries to a .dbf file that I would like to monitor for additions. Once an addition is made to the table, I would like to insert a new record in to a SQL table and change a status field in .dbf table record to establish that that the new record in SQL was written. My original thought was to use a Linked Server via SQL to the .dbf file.  I did manage to get it working somewhat but not without issues.  First is that the queries are VERY slow, second is that updating the status field in the .dbf file is problematic.  I ...Show All

• Windows Forms Databinding problem

  Hi everybody. I have a form which contains a user control. When the form loads, I'm populating some DataSet, and assigning the dataset refernece to one of the control properties. The control contains other control that are bound to various paths on that dataset, adding new rows, modifying, etc. Now, I want to update the changes back to the database with dataadapters. I can put a Update button on the control itself, or in the form containing it. When I call the adapter's Update method in the context of the form (i.e. in response to form's button click), the db doesn't update. When the same thing happens at the control, it updates as well ...Show All

• SQL Server Push Merge snapshot fails with Data is Null message.

  Hi, I'm converting a replication script from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005. I am getting an error with push merge with no way to figure out what is wrong. I've configured replication on a single XP server in SQL 2005 RTM version. I have a push merge set up between A and B and between B and C. All 3 databases are 9.0 compatibility. The snapshot and merge jobs for the A to B run fine with no errors, and merge replicates ok. The snapshot for B to C fails with this message: Message 2006-03-09 17:30:35.94 --------------------------------------------- 2006-03-09 17:30:35.94 -BcpBatchSize 100000 2006-03-09 17:30:35.94 -HistoryVerboseLevel ...Show All

• Visual Basic Manipulating an object

  I’m wondering if it’s a reasonable approach to manipulating an object where I store some data by passing it as a reference to another object that displays the data and enables me to modify the data as needed, rather then putting all of the code to store, display, and modify the data all in the first object. I’m also puzzled as to how to pass the reference within the second object. I can use ByRef to get the “address” of the data object into the display object, but how do I get various subs & functions within the display object to work with the original data If I was doing this in ANSI C, I could declare a pointer to the type of obje ...Show All

• Visual Studio Reuse class designer?

  This is a longshot...but here goes. I have to provide a "class designer-like" UI for a project (the designer creates an xsd that represents the design of a business object). The timescales are really tight. Is there any way I can reuse any of VS 2005 class designer classes to help deliver this functionality Thanks in advance Stuart Hi Stuart, Unfortunately the answer is no. We are developing a Domain Specific Language toolkit scheduled to release later this year. The key goal of this toolkit is to enable developers like you to create custom designers in a short period of time. An early ...Show All

• Windows Forms Winform Gridview Databind to WS example?

  I am having trouble binding a datagridbview in vs2005 (vb.net). I create an object datasource but it does not render any datasets when browing the datasource. Thank you in advance for any help! When binding the DataGridView using a DataSet, you always have to specify the DataTable. DataGridView does not support binding to just the DataSet. To b ...Show All